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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · 2d

Is this cool? https://gist.github.com/sedm0784/4443120

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · 21d

Please do write about it. I would like to read that!

Normal Mode @normalmo.de · 26d

I think that’s the most effusive praise I’ve heard for a multicursor plugin from someone with your Vim bona fides. What kind of task do you find is better handled with multicursors?

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Aug 1

Hi

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Aug 1

I was fast enough to use Vim at work without a productivity hit after about a week of playing with it in my lunch breaks.

It was *years* before I could use it in a crisis with someone looking over my shoulder.

Austin Baune @abaune.bsky.social · Jul 31

About 3 weeks into vim motions, why not use them during a demo. What could go wrong??

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Matthew Turland @elazar.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 29

Heredocs Can Make Your #bash Scripts Self-Documenting | Hold The Robot
https://holdtherobot.com/blog/heredocs-can-make-your-bash-scripts-self-documenting/

#markdown #vim #documentation

Heredocs Can Make Your Bash Scripts Self-Documenting

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jul 26

Is it a plugin? Could be that it’s doing something that breaks macro playback somehow. I have a vague recollection that there are some things that don’t work during playback without workarounds, although the only one I can remember right now is that undo doesn’t work normally.

Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jul 23

What are your exact keystrokes?
I just tested with the built in dictionary completion and if I mashed <C-K> a few times to pick an option and then pressed Space the completion wasn’t included when I played it back, but if I hit <C-Y> to accept the completion instead then the macro worked correctly.

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Chris Martin @chris--martin.functional.cafe.ap.brid.gy · Jul 22

Getting out of the emoji search thing on the ios keyboard is much harder than exiting vim

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jul 9

Whatcha gonna replace it with?

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jul 9

In Xcode 16 they’re finally good enough that I didn’t immediately switch them off again, but I still trip over missing/inaccurate things daily.

Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jun 23

An alternative technique in bash or zsh, using process substitution instead of a pipe, is:

```
vim -q <(rg --vimgrep search)
```

Josh Priddle @josh.fail · Jun 23

`rg --vimgrep search | vim -c cb -`

Opens Vim with the results from `rg` in the quickfix list.

Kinda neat if I remember how to do it. I'll usually search around with `rg` first then hop over to vim and use a custom `:Rg` command I have to search again.

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Hillelogram @hillelwayne.com · Apr 22

What's your favorite vscode/emacs/vim plugin or script that you've written for yourself?

Bonus points if it's something you can't morally make into a mass-installable plugin, like it executes untrusted code or needs a hardcoded secret or something

(Please remove hardcoded secrets before sharing)

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Apr 3

There are a *bunch* of great g-commands (have a skim through **:h g** and see what you find) but the most life-altering for me were **g;** and **g-** & **g+**.

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Apr 3

I’ve got good(?) news for you: https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Apr 3

And you can do this! https://normalmo.de/vimlife/

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Mar 4

In Xcode’s Vim mode? What kind of things are slowing you down?

Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Feb 14

Having already learned it, I enjoy using it for editing prose, emails etc. but I’d say it’s not *as* useful in that context. If you have a spare half hour, try out vimtutor and see if you find it compelling.

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wontfix | limited edition screenprints @wontfix.me · Feb 10

‘There is always a way out’ is my first design making a screenprint. Made for the vim users among us. Or for those who just need a reminder on how to exit the editor.

Made with fluorescent pink and blue ✨ an edition of 10. Available in my little webshop! https://shop.wontfix.me/

#screenprint #vim

A macro image of the halftone of a screenprint

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Feb 4

Apologies for the drive-by suggestion, but have you tried using Vim’s *cgn* for this? Sounds like it might be a bit closer to your current workflow than macros.

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Feb 2

There’s no *good* way to do it. Here’s a plugin that achieves it by padding lines with virtual text, though:

https://github.com/rickhowe/wrapwidth

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jan 30

Since you asked ;)

https://normalmo.de/vimlife/
(Edited 7:54 pm via @skeetsapp.com)

I can :q whenever I want @sonofweb.bsky.social · Jan 30

Advanced #vim tip: Using a recursive macro to wrap long lists. [Yes, there's also `gq`, but this is more fun]

`qqq` - Clear q
`qq` - Start recording
`/\%>80c81|F,a==@q` - Break long line at comma
`@q` - Run macro

What's your favorite use for recursive macros?

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jan 30

Think you’ve got a typo in the first command. In that context the quote mark starts a comment.

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jan 27

Sometimes I see a Vim command or motion written down somewhere and think “I wonder what that does” and when I look it up it turns out it’s something I use every day.

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Normal Mode @normalmo.de · Jan 27

I’ve lost work falling victim to this, too.

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